carlinmidarlin Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 What's the best gasket sealer to use on engine casings Quote Link to comment
lammy666 Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 i use yamabond, never had any problems with it. type it in on eblag. Quote Link to comment
carlinmidarlin Posted October 17, 2016 Author Share Posted October 17, 2016 Cheers I'll have a look now mate Quote Link to comment
Sheep Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 I have used Loctite 5990 Copper sealant with good results. Quote Link to comment
bluedog59 Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Threebond 1104 is good stuff. Eblag 151612955958 Quote Link to comment
fatblokeonbandit Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 new gaskets are really cheap, i only ever use 3 bond ( yamabond) on crankcase halves no where else. 1 Quote Link to comment
dupersunc Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 20 minutes ago, fatblokeonbandit said: new gaskets are really cheap, i only ever use 3 bond ( yamabond) on crankcase halves no where else. This. Use gasket sealant sparingly. I stripped a 1216 race motor a couple of weeks back to inspect. The internals were still like new fortunatly, but the oil pick-up was 75% blocked with excess gasket sealant. The Yamabond/Threebond stuff is supposed to behave in such a way that any excess doesn't block oil ways or pick ups. Quote Link to comment
fatblokeonbandit Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 (edited) 10 hours ago, dupersunc said: This. Use gasket sealant sparingly. I stripped a 1216 race motor a couple of weeks back to inspect. The internals were still like new fortunatly, but the oil pick-up was 75% blocked with excess gasket sealant. The Yamabond/Threebond stuff is supposed to behave in such a way that any excess doesn't block oil ways or pick ups. 30K mile 1127 powerscreen engine that had never been apart all original gaskets on the cases, pristine oil pump strainer Same strainer out of a 1216 big bore drag race motor that came from a so called "Tuner" a few years ago I wouldn't let him tune my piano, Edited October 18, 2016 by fatblokeonbandit 2 Quote Link to comment
carlinmidarlin Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 Easy goes with the sealer then Quote Link to comment
bluedog59 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 18 hours ago, bluedog59 said: Threebond 1104 is good stuff. Eblag 151612955958 I suggested the Threebond as I assumed you were talking about crankcase halves. I wouldn't use sealant on a normal gasket, I just use a thin smear of grease as I think helps the gasket seal and gives you more chance of it being good to reuse if you have to do a Sunday strip down. A thing to remember with sealant is, If you can see it squelching out the joint, you can bet the same amount will have gone inwards into the engine. 2 Quote Link to comment
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